Popular South American Horror Books
Find horror books written by authors from South America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (34)
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A Sunny Place for Shady People : Stories by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by “one of Latin America’s most exciting authors” (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) “Horror has found its master.”—Joy Williams “A collection of brilliant nightmares.”—Paul Tremblay “First-rate literary horror.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Fall: Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed—all t... continue
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Casa de campo by José Donoso ES
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
La gran metáfora histórica de Donoso; la representación en clave del Chile de los años 70 y del golpe militar. Una brillante alegoría del poder y la rebelión. La mansión señorial donde los Ventura, sus cónyuges y sus treinta y cinco hijos pasan el verano, lejos de la civilización, se alza como un espejismo en medio de la llanura. Por sus salones, pasillos, escalinatas y torreones deambulan los niños, poblando la casa con intrigas, transgresiones y juegos que cuestionan una perversión mayor: el orden impuesto por sus aristocráticos padres. Los Ventura organizan un fastuoso día de campo para los... continue
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Cometierra by Dolores Reyes ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Electrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people--an imaginative synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives. Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Earth-eater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth--a compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mother's death. Disturbed by what she w... continue
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Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte by Horacio Quiroga ES
Country: South America / 
Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
"La vida de Quiroga fue una tragedia casi inverosâimil: Perdiâo a su padre en un accidente de caza, su padrastro se suicidâo poco mâas tarde (ambos tuvieron muertes violentas), matâo a un amigo accidentalmente, su primera mujer se suicidâo a los pocos aänos de casados, fue abandonado por su segunda esposa, enfermâo de câancer y, al no poder lidiar con sus fantasmas, Quiroga se suicidâo. Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte es el resultado de esa vida atormentada y donde despliega todas sus dotes. En estos cuentos, el misterio es amo y seänor aunque siempre inmerso en situaciones cotidianas, l... continue
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Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
For fans of David Cronenberg's films and lovers of Kafka, this gaucho-punk, sci-fi novel set in 2197 offers an explosive interpretation of an ultra-capitalistic society on the brink of climate collapse. The protagonist of this story has no understanding of the words “winter”, "cold”, or "snow" because he has never experienced the phenomena they describe. We find ourselves in Victorica, a province of La Pampa, Argentina, some time after 2197 – the year in which the last of the Antarctic icecaps melted and an unprecedented climate catastrophe ensued, radically transforming the landscape of the r... continue
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Eartheater by Dolores Reyes ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Electrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people--an imaginative synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives. Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Earth-eater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth--a compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mother's death. Disturbed by what she w... continue
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El buen mal by Samanta Schweblin ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Six short stories exploring themes of human vulnerability, tragedy, guilt and uncertainty. Schweblin's stories blur the lines between reality and dreams, revealing the complexities of human nature and relationships.
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El Obsceno Pajaro de la Noche by José Donoso EN
Country: South America / Chile
Chile
Description:
"The story of the last member of the aristocratic Azcoitia family, a monstrous mutation protected from the knowledge of his deformity by being surrounded with other freaks as his companions, The Obscene Bird of Night is a triumph of imaginative, visionary writing. Among its luxuriance, fecundity, horror, and energy will not soon fade from the reader's mind."--BOOK JACKET.
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